Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-01
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Up to this asse, although tee ssason
has been q Backward one, with cool
wsstheF mueh better than usual. the
prospect IL sxsslient fer 40 abundant
crop Of fruit IN this EQUITY. Showers
u rain have been freqaens and liberia,
50 that veg t4fiau Of all kinds has net
Suffered for tie want Of m issare.
Gain and vegetables ara pT8QFsssipq
finely. and II there Is 10 serious misksp
later 10 the season., thefs VII Be larger
production than hss ever before been
seen IN this valley. Ia the appsF Yaki-
ma coastFy. there - about t@Ics as
much land 10 grain - has ever before
bee sown, whist n he lover part Of
Ice valley az least three times as much
u noE 10 cultivation. With the IN
creased producti0a Of grain, tie capaci-
~ Of the co1EtrE FIR e0nvsFtinz is into
hsaF u also increasing. TaeFe are nov
I've hIss class Qrist mill in the kitlitas
valley aud another in the coarse Of con
bis associates at ElIensburg. Al
North Yakima there il q fstr
d5uring mil recently built, which 10
farming out q very superior qRality Of
-four. Isis is owed ~ a joint stsck
association and promises to be croft
able investment for is ewners. At
Yakima city there IL obe Of the oldest
mills 10 this section Of the 1eEritsrS,
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ProsseT, IN ths lower part of the valley,
q mill Is nov being built by L A. Hem
gsrlins, who recently came from Mem
phis, Mo-, for the purpose Of eng lRipg
ia the milling business at that point.
New mills are 10 the course Of eopstvuc
ton at other p9iRts in Eastern WAsh-
iuRtoD, but there will be an immense
Surplus Of wheat for export from that
part of the Territory whish lies between
Walia Walia OF Pendleten and Spokane
Falls. This surplus will probably
amount TO 800, 600 tons. This will tax
present railroad lines OF the Territory
FBBTT RAISING IN TIKI YAKIMA VALLEY.
Considerable attsntion is being di.
Eeesed In this valley t. the cultivation
Of fruit. Whilst the experiments in
that direction have not been, as vet,
very extensive or long oOBtinaed. those
who hsvs besn making then are entirely
satisfied that fruit growing will seeoms,
10 the near future, an important indus
try. Ii kas been demoastrated pretty
thoroughly that those localiiies on the
Yakima, NAtehez and Abtanum and
other streams where they deboach from
ths Cascades IN the vicinity OF the foot
bills, are especially adapted to the cul-
liY.tion Of apples, cherries, plams and
the more hardy fruits. 10 lower alti
tides, further down the valleys, a
warmer climate often brings on vegetG-
ton ZOO early in the season be safe
from frosts, which sometimes uip the
buds OF fruit trees in March aud April.
Ia The lower valleys, peaches, grapes,
apTieOts, tobacco, sorghum, corn, mel
0ns. tomatoes, and the fruits and vsge-
tables Of warm climates, do we'll aud
promise to yield abundant crops this
season. Is is, however, in toe footballs
spoken Of, at 80 altitude Of from 1910
30 200 feet, that apples, pears, plans,
cherries and the more hardy fruits
would seem to grow in ths greatest
abundance aud perfection. The mouth
- Snake river as AinswoFth is $40 rect
sbGvs Underwater. The mouth Of the
YAkina is about 400 feet, and mnoh Of
the Va ina valley u less than 1900 feet
bove the sea The town of NoTia
Yakima is about 1900 feet above tide.
water, and up TO an altitude of 1900
feet, especially in certain localities pro
teoted b. intervening ridges, there are
plao - where peasass, grapes and such
fruit does remarkably we'll. The reports
o; fruit growers the present seas "a are
so fer very favorable for large crops Of
good fruit. Tue expected completion
Of the NUrthtrn 4 cite Railroad early
in the season, will no donbt afford the
Necessary transportation facilities IL
the long aud short haul" QUESTION can
in the meantime be satisfactorily Rd-
iuslsd. Puget SoaHd is expected to
furnish reAdY market for all of our
surplus pToaaois. fruit and vegetables
iuGludei.
THK ACCENT TERN OF THE DISTRICT
COURT.
Tse April term Of the court for this
Judicial district convened on lhe llth
instant and adjourned SINE die on the